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That's...interesting, to say the least. Hopefully the Air Force takes a more serious look at the problem.
We've been making planes that fly above fresh air since the Second World War.
I know this is a complicated piece of machinery but if it's going to be a manned aircraft, one would think that getting the oxygen system right would have been a priority when the blueprints were first drawn up.
Forget about doing it right the first time, this has been a problem for 2 years and the AF and Lockheed Martin still aren't sure what the problem is.
After investigating one F-22 crash, the AF concluded it was pilot error because the pilot lost control of the aircraft after trying to activate the emergency O2 system when the main system failed.
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/12/f-22-crash/?utm_source=Contextly&utm_medium=RelatedLinks&utm_campaign=Previous
Quote from: mirth on May 07, 2012, 09:50:03 AM
Forget about doing it right the first time, this has been a problem for 2 years and the AF and Lockheed Martin still aren't sure what the problem is.
After investigating one F-22 crash, the AF concluded it was pilot error because the pilot lost control of the aircraft after trying to activate the emergency O2 system when the main system failed.
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/12/f-22-crash/?utm_source=Contextly&utm_medium=RelatedLinks&utm_campaign=Previous
Pilot error? Seriously?
Yeah, really? If I were that guy's family I'd be incoherent with rage after reading these stories. At the very least the AF could make a public statement that they are 'revisiting' their original conclusion as to the 'pilot error' finding.
Quote from: Staggerwing on May 07, 2012, 11:00:56 AM
Yeah, really? If I were that guy's family I'd be incoherent with rage after reading these stories. At the very least the AF could make a public statement that they are 'revisiting' their original conclusion as to the 'pilot error' finding.
Agreed. It takes a certain kind of jai ne se quoi to be so corrupt and stupid as to build a bad system and then blame the user when it kills them.
We need a word for that in English. Maybe it's "fucktard."
I'm not a big fan of any words ending in -tard, excepting maybe Leotard. And then it would depend on who was wearing it...
I propose we adopt 'Bureaufucker' instead. ;)
Quote from: Staggerwing on May 07, 2012, 11:13:13 AM
I'm not a big fan of any words ending in -tard, excepting maybe Leotard. And then it would depend on who was wearing it...
I propose we adopt 'Bureaufucker' instead. ;)
Works for me.
Quote from: LongBlade on May 07, 2012, 11:05:30 AM
Quote from: Staggerwing on May 07, 2012, 11:00:56 AM
Yeah, really? If I were that guy's family I'd be incoherent with rage after reading these stories. At the very least the AF could make a public statement that they are 'revisiting' their original conclusion as to the 'pilot error' finding.
Agreed. It takes a certain kind of jai ne se quoi to be so corrupt and stupid as to build a bad system and then blame the user when it kills them.
We need a word for that in English. Maybe it's "fucktard."
Politics and defence systems/equipment aquisitions.... sometimes you don't need an enemy to see your own men die
Canada and its Ross rifle during WW I
Yeah - thank goodness we got rid of those last year ! ;)